Yep. I haven't played YGO since the Synchro days, but this channel's always fun to watch. Doubt I'll ever get the hang of XYZ or Link, but Pendulums are pretty easy to use.
@@swandive46 XYZ and Synchros objectively are easier. Example Level 5 XYZ 2 Level 5 Monsters Level 7 Synchro 1 Tuner plus 1 non Tuner Monster of which their Level combined need to add up to the Level of the Snychro Monster. So 1 Tuner Level 2 + 1 non Tuner Monster Level 5 = Level 7 = Level 7 Synchro Monster
As someone who stopped playing Yugioh during the synchro era you have no idea how much I appreciated this video since I finally understood how this mechanic works
About 11 minutes ago, I was an idiot when it came to pendulum monsters. Now I am still an idiot, but less than an idiot I was 11 minutes ago. Excellent video! I learned so much, thank you
"This is a Pendulum Monster. It might look scary, but in actual fact, it's just like any other card" except it's almost totally different and plays with different rules.
I stopped playing YuGiOh when Pendulum monsters were introduced because I felt like they were over complicated and changed the game too much, but this video made me finally understand them and realize how amazing they are.
Pend best deck! But seriously, I can definitely understand why people left and many people didn't pick up the game after pendulums, if it wasn't for the fact it was the only structure deck available at the time I probably would never have gotten into it myself
@@dannyn6558 That argument can literally be made for every summoning mechanic, and (if we're being honest with ourselves) every card that's ever existed, wasn't a normal card or a basic effect card. Therefore, it's invalid.
@@deadersurvival4716 You don't get it. It warped the game so much they needed to completely change how it's played. That destroyed any other kind of playstyle so they had to change the rules again to nerf pendulums into oblivion. Literally no other mechanic had this much negative impact
It's like saying that all numbers multiplied by 0 are 0 and then giving an example like 0×2 is 0 in the video and then commenting: "Sam forgot to mention that 0×5 is 0 as well" 🤦♂️
@@pooolish334 He went out of his way to explain that same scale pendulum monsters couldn't be used to perform a summon, so it stands to reason he could've explained that as well just for clarification. Pendulums are a concept with lots of intricacies and rule exceptions, and the example you gave is hardly analogous.
Yuya: I’ll use stargazer magician and timegazer magician to set the pendulum scale - I’m taking control of this duel starting now Now I’m allowed to summon as many monsters from levels 2 - 7 all at the same time - swing far pendulum, carve the arc of victory - my monsters are ready to swing into action!!!
That was the most comprehensible guide here on TH-cam. Updated, clear, it's not rushed with a slow commentary that actually allow you to understand and some good editing. Truly a fine work!
When pendulums first came out the fact that both scales on them were the same number had me thinking eventually some were to be released that changed their scale depending on what side you put them on.
Honestly I think that should have been a thing from the start. Like whichever is pointing inward is the number you use. This way you could have different scales without the need for so many monsters.
Same. I feel they were on the way to getting but people hated MR3 with MR4 being universally hated for giving all of the power to one summon type which Komoney literally just finished doing. I did feel like they would get some advanced mechanic/alt mechanic much like Contact Fusion, OLAS, Rank Up Magic or even just expanding the pool of pendulum cards like have more generic 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 0 scales. I too thought they would get something like depending on if they're the left most scale you used that number and the right most scale you use the other number. Or unironically another Pendulum or now (another available S/T zone you can place a pendulum monster) as a way to force the opponent to spend more resources to stop your P Summon. I dunno something like a Delta Pendulum Scale. Example say you have a scale of 1 -9. Say there's an additional space and you place a 4 scale. So now you can do 1-9 OR you can do 2 and 3 OR 5, 6, 7, and 8.
5:15 TGS: "Pendulum monsters come in a few different flavors..." Me: "Okay..." TGS: "Normal and Effect..." Me: "Sounds good so far..." TGS: "... as well as Fusion, Synchro and XYZ Pendulums." Me: "Oh, what fresh hell is this?!"
Minor correction on the Pendulum Xyz thing: They'll have an effect that specifies that they can be Pendulum Summoned if the scales are appropriate. Otherwise, they can't be Pendulum Summoned at all.
I kinda wished that they revise the rules for Pendulum Summoning concerning Xyz Pendulum monsters. They should make it so that when you're able to Pendulum Summon, you can have access to both Levels and Ranks within those scales, since Xyz Pendulum monsters are impossible to bring out without needing to Xyz Summon them first, and the "If you can Pendulum Summon Level n, you can Pendulum Summon this face-up card in your Extra Deck." kinda denses up the card text... Xyz Pendulums and other Extra Deck Pendulums already have their card text filled with "If this card in the Monster Zone is destroyed: You can place it in your Pendulum Zone." and even that takes up too much space
Yuya generating a new summoning mechanic on the spot has to be one of the biggest ass-pulls in all of Yugioh, up there with Yami Yugi assembling Exodia.
Still feel like if my opponent suddenly started using an unheard of summoning mechanic in the middle of a duel they're currently losing to let them summon multiple monsters at once and "swing the pendulum" back in their favor, i'm gonna stop the duel and call bs, though i suppose the argument could be made that if it wasn't something that previously existed in the rules, the duel disk would've just thrown out an error instead working
Just coming back to the game, this is exactly what I needed! Fell off shortly after synchro and got a handle on the xyz and link types, but this was always a headache. Thanks man
I like the different mechanics overall, however, Fusion and Synchro are my favorite extra deck cards. Primarily due to them adding so much material to the GY for chaos decks.
Well done as always. While Pendulums look daunting, they're really not too bad to pick up, it just takes some practice. Also, I'll be down to see videos for each extra deck type, as having them is beneficial to those looking to learn, or get back into the game, and those that could use a quick refresher
I'm glad they didn't forgot about this summon mechanic in the Battle of Chaos. Sure I'd prefer a DDD Synchro, but I'm still glad about what I can add to my deck nonetheless
Just a little thing that's worth mentioning, since the exemples that people tend to use to describe a pendulum summon can cause some confusion: you CAN pendulum summon multiple monsters with the same level, some exemples makes it look like they need to be all different levels but that's not the case.
I've got to say I'm very glad people like you exist. I just got back into the hobby after years away from it. When I stopped playing there wasn't any such thing as Pendulum Monsters, Synchro, Link and so on. So it's a lot to re learn all at once.
Great job, TGS. Thanks. Now that Duel Links recently brought in Pendulum Summoning, this guide definitely will come in handy. Though, I think it’s going to be tougher to use since there’s only 3 spell and trap card zones.
There's a skill that grants ya an additional Zone that is used only for placing a Pendulum monster there but ya have to have at least 15 Pendulum monsters in your main deck
I'm so glad I found your channel. My brother and I were practically OG Yu-Gi-Oh! players. We got our first cards in, like, 2002. Back in those days, no one knew what "removed from play" even meant. The first cards I got were from that Joey Wheeler collecter's tin, the one with Black Skull Dragon (I lost it a long time ago). As the years went by, I lost interest and, before I knew it, there was Synchro, and Xyz summoning, and I wanted to find out what I'd been missing all those years. Plus, I've been a fan of YGOTAS for years.
Man... I'm 31 years old, and I'm really lost on Pendulum and Links... XYZ was where it was at for me... I'm over here watching this to understand the rules of it and I'm still lost like man... it's hard to memorize them all... I guess I'll watch this over and over to understand it lol since I still collect to this day...
Yeah I used your videos as teaching tool so continue making them honest your videos have been a massive help to teaching me and my friends so thank you
Pendulum monsters can also be banished and bounced/spun to the hand/deck. Extra Deck monster (Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz) are returned faces down to the Extra Deck if bounced/spun.
@@SonySlasher2468 Overscale lets you Pend Summon a monster whose scales are higher than the monsters level and Transcendent lets you Pend Summon a monster whose scales are higher than the monsters level. Overscale is used for Odd-Eyes Phantasma Dragon and Transcendent for D/D/D/D Super-Dimensional Sovereign Emperor Zero Paradox.
@@SonySlasher2468 they are manga exclusive things. overscale pendulum is when you pendulum summon a monster regardless of your scales (only manga version of odd eyes phantasma dragon can be overscale pendulum summoned) and i cant explain transcendent pendulum because its too fuckin complicated. search transcendent if you want to.
"Did you just summon bunch of mosnters in one turn?" "Yeah so?" "That's against the rules isn't it?" "Actually no it's called Pendulum summon" "The what?"
Dude this video is amazing! Thanks for explaining it they way you did. I am a old-school yugioh player trying to understand all this new stuff and this helped out a ton!
No, ya cannot attempt to fusion summon a Fusion Pendulum monster if it was sent to Extra Deck Face-Up, ya have to either pendulum summon it (if the monster in question allows it that is) or cheat it out from there using an effect that special summons an Extra Deck monster such as Waking The Dragon for example
I wish there was a Continuous Spell that lifted the Master Rule 4 restriction on Pendulum Summoning from the Extra Deck. I think it’s a fair trade, you only get 2 free S/T Zones, but you increase your Pendulum Summoning capabilities.
In Duel Links, this is actually a character Skill for anyone in Arc-V basically … granted this passive skill does have a few snags so read carefully, and some skills unique to them don’t always allow MR3 style Pendulums
@@kitelanford Is there? I was aware of the Skills that add Pendulum Zones, but I don’t know of any that allow for unlimited Pendulum Summoning from the Extra Deck. Never managed to summon more that 1 monster from face-up in the Extra Deck in a single Pendulum Summon.
@@jasperjavillo686 Oh yea that's diffrent, still have to have enough room in Main monster Zone, but yea have to be careful with passives and deck building so...
Thank you so much for explaining this as simple as possible despite it still being a very convoluted summoning system. Its easy enough to learn its just the extensive related mechanics begin to start causing a headache.
Fun fact you may not know, but cards with Macro Cosmos like effects *do* affect Pendulum Monsters and will be banished instead of going to the Extra Deck face up Found this out the other day by playing Dark Law against a pend deck only to see all the monster used for a link summon be banished instead of going to the extra deck
PEND BEST DECK BABY LETS GOOOO!!, “Yo! I got banned from events, and here's how it went down. I did nothing wrong, man! I did nothing wrong whatsoever! I got banned! I didn't even KNOW I got banned!”
yeah, this is why i stopped playing after XYZ era, the new mechanics with Pendulum and Link monsters just stray too far from what yugioh originally was IMO. And it hurts my brain trying to remember all the newer mechanics. But to each there own! :)
Thnx for this TGS Anime, I wondering about pendulum monsters and the extra deck. You explained everything very clearly and I finally understand the mechanics of pendulum summoning!
Pendulum monsters(PM) have their own mechanics, in TCG following master rule these are: 1) can't go FROM FIELD to GY, instead they're placed face-up in the extra deck, 2) can be used as spell cards (they aren't treated as any spell card type) by placing them in an specific zone (just like fields spells) to the most left or right spell/trap zones, that zone becomes a pendulum zone when occupied by a PM used as a spell, also they can't be set as spell cards, 3) can used exactly as monster of it's CARD TYPE would. 4) PM are cards used to perform a special summon mecanic (like polymerization, or ritual spell cards, etc) that summon is called PENDULUM SUMMON (this summon can be performed once per turn), in order to do it, you must control 2 PMs used as spells in your pendulum zones, 5) PS allow you to special summon monsters(that can be special summoned) from your hand or PMs face-up in your extra deck(they can only be summoned to a monster zone that is treated as an extra monster zone that you are allowed to use) as you want, whose levels are an integer number between the SCALE NUMBERS(see number "7)") of the PMs used to perform the PS. 6) PMs have 2 text boxes, the first one is applied when they are treated as spells, the second is their monster effect or flavor text and it is applied whenever they are used as monsters, 7) they have a number next to diamond shape, that is called a scale number. BETWEEN means whichever the margins or borders are, they're excluded from the available options. These sums all, for eveything else use logic and/or apply the appropiate rules.
The invention of pendulum, as a mechanic in the anime, is exactly like that obnoxious kid no one wants to play with because they invent new powers so they can't lose. It just feels exactly like that. "Nyeeeh~ you can't win because I am invulnerable to fire!" -But... you were invulnerable to ice five minutes ago... "But now I am to fire, nyeeeh~ I win!"
I feel like I have to come back to this video every week to remember how things work but I also feel that I’m ever so slowly learning how to play properly XD thanks so much for the video
I started playing Master Duel last summer and completely avoided pendulum monsters because I didn't understand them. Recently put together a Predap deck and it's fun, but I didn't really understand what the scales did until I watched this, so thanks lol
This such a well made guide!! I've been looking it up multiple time ever since the new master rule was implemented to understand what's different now from the Anime show
Update regarding pendulum monsters in the extra deck and extra monster zones: as of Master Rule 5, this no longer applies. You can summon Fusion, Synchro, Xyz and Pendulum monsters from your extra deck to any monster zone again, PLUS the extra monster zones. The restriction only applies to link monsters now, and the extra monster zones only now exist to facilitate link monsters. Do note that if you summon anything to an extra monster zone, you cannot summon to the other extra monster zone unless you have a chain of link monsters that point to that zone. Honestly, I kinda wish that they kept that restriction _specifically_ for pendulum monsters. The thing with pendulum monsters is that they can basically just come back every turn as long as the pendulum scale is intact. Forcing them to rely on links heavily restricts the amount of monsters that can be brought back each turn.
Omg this is so crazy now. Im kinda getting into Yu-gi-oh again after not playing for a bout 10 years and there is so much crazy shit you can do now lol. Pendulum summoning monsters must've been revolutionary and frustrating when it came out
You saved me. I've been playing duel links and while having no problems with other summons like Synchro or Numbers thanks to watching the anime, Pendulum summoning destroyed my pea brain lol
Note: if a card such as Dimensional Fissure or Macro Cosmos is in effect, they overwrite the built in pendulum monster effect of being sent to the extra deck. This makes them especially vulnerable to graveyard hate. Dimensional Shifter, Kyubi Shenshen, and Masked HERO Dark Law are all capable of doing the same. Pendulum Monsters are sent to the GY as monsters, hence why Dimensional Fissure still works, even when the card was sent to the GY from the pendulum zone.
Ok this just made me interested in learning pendulum mechanics. Since coming back to YGO from Gx era, I couldn't find a deck that I am interested in. That is until now.
For a while I was confused about pendulums being used as overlay units for Xyz's monsters. For a long time I thought that being attached to a Xyz monster counted as being on the field thus going to the extra deck when detached. Now I know all the conditions for pendulums going to the GY. discarded from hand. detached from an Xyz monster. summon negated. sent to the GY from deck.
As someone just coming back into the game this was very helpful. A video on some of the other mechanics would be great since when I left fusions and rituals where pretty much the only ones. 😂
3:15~3:27 & 9:13~9:18 I commented on this before, but no, scales do *not* apply to Ranks. The reason you can Pendulum Summon Xyz Monsters is because of their Pendulum Summoning conditions. Xyz Monsters can theoretically have a Pendulum Summoning condition for a completely different Level than its Rank, and an Xyz Monster without a Pendulum Summoning condition cannot be Pendulum Summoned at all, hence why they have said conditions in the first place. Additionally, if, theoretically, Konami decided to create Link Pendulum Monsters, those would also have Pendulum Summoning conditions because they wouldn't be able to use their Link Rankings for Pendulum Summoning.
Thank you. I hate pendulums, and im still not sure if i like them or not, but the mechanics are interesting i will admit. I recently started playing pendulums in master duel to farm for a deck i truly want to play and i thought i could learn the mechanics by just playing and there were some situations i just absolutely did not know why i could not do something i was sure i could do. This video cleared up all of that. Thanks for the video.
I've seen few of your contents and they are so entertaining. today I decided to hit the subscribe button. You've earned another subscriber. Keep up the great contents
It would be great to have a video like this for XYZ summons and Link summons. I know the basics for xyz and pendulum but I have no understanding of Links. As far as I’m concerned my last Yugioh series was 5Ds, the last cards I bought were also a few synchros. I haven’t gotten any of the new xyz, pendulum, or link monsters. I really want to get back into collecting them but it’ll cost a fortune.
I got top Plat in Master Duels without barely any knowledge on Pendulum monsters. I had to read every one sadly but after running a Lunalight deck that had the 2 easiest pendulum monsters, here I am watching to this video to make a full pendulum deck.
just a piece of advice : just knowing how the pendulum mechanic works won't help ya with playing Pendulum Magician as it is a heavily combo oriented deck
Me reaching Arc-V in DL. "Goodness gracious!! What is this history of mankind!!" Me trying to pendulum summon for the first time. "Wha-?! Why?!. Oh great, just ff" Thankfully I found this video... after DL teached me by force the mechanic. Anyway, I appreciate the explanation. It cleared pretty much all doubts I had. And I'm glad I found a pendulum deck that I like for use. BTW, are you planning on doing a video about the SolFachord (or DoReMichord, as I've seen it listed in some places) archetype video? Cheers from an unknown country ✌
6:07 not exactly. This is only because the pendulum zones and spell/trap zones have been merged. When you place a spell/trap in there they aren't used as pendulum zones but s/t zones instead. If we move back to master rule 3, you definitely couldn't place spells and traps in the pendulum zones.
Can you redo the link summon stuff? I think I understand but just encase something new was added as that video was from 2017. Trying to get caught up with it, as I want to get back into it.
Just watch whenever Yuya first sets the pendulum scale at any time. He explains it perfectly
Ikr. Just because of Yuya I learned the pendulum summon XD
Funnily enough i uploaded that scene back when it came out but god do i want to redo it, i hate the watermark in the middle
When I heard Pendulum was coming to Duel Links I watched all of Arc-V just to learn how to do it
I made the mistake of trying to learn pendulum from Yuya last year. Got nothing out of it.
Just learn from Trif gaming instead.
Yuya might be the pioneer of Pendulum...but Trif...is...the GURU OF PENDULUM SUMMON PEND BEST DECK LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Sam is the perfect gamer role model for Yu-Gi-Oh. He’s helped me understand all the recent additions to the game since I stopped playing years ago.
Yep. I haven't played YGO since the Synchro days, but this channel's always fun to watch. Doubt I'll ever get the hang of XYZ or Link, but Pendulums are pretty easy to use.
@@swandive46 i mean.. man putting 2 cards ontop of eachother isnt that hard
@@swandive46 XYZ and Synchros objectively are easier.
Example
Level 5 XYZ
2 Level 5 Monsters
Level 7 Synchro
1 Tuner plus 1 non Tuner Monster of which their Level combined need to add up to the Level of the Snychro Monster. So
1 Tuner Level 2 + 1 non Tuner Monster Level 5
= Level 7 = Level 7 Synchro Monster
😂
As someone who stopped playing Yugioh during the synchro era you have no idea how much I appreciated this video since I finally understood how this mechanic works
About 11 minutes ago, I was an idiot when it came to pendulum monsters. Now I am still an idiot, but less than an idiot I was 11 minutes ago. Excellent video! I learned so much, thank you
"This is a Pendulum Monster. It might look scary, but in actual fact, it's just like any other card" except it's almost totally different and plays with different rules.
It's not that bad
I have seen duels ending on turn 2 because of this. IMO this is broken.
@@hissori2978 no you haven't. Ignoring the fact that so few people actually play Pends, there's even fewer that actually win
@@557deadpooland, the mechanics are still broken
@@hissori2978it takes a turn to set and more to actually win
I stopped playing YuGiOh when Pendulum monsters were introduced because I felt like they were over complicated and changed the game too much, but this video made me finally understand them and realize how amazing they are.
Pend best deck! But seriously, I can definitely understand why people left and many people didn't pick up the game after pendulums, if it wasn't for the fact it was the only structure deck available at the time I probably would never have gotten into it myself
They did the best they could to nerf pendulums with the new master rules
Pendulum monsters still broke the game when it comes to turn based strategy.
@@dannyn6558 That argument can literally be made for every summoning mechanic, and (if we're being honest with ourselves) every card that's ever existed, wasn't a normal card or a basic effect card.
Therefore, it's invalid.
@@deadersurvival4716 You don't get it. It warped the game so much they needed to completely change how it's played. That destroyed any other kind of playstyle so they had to change the rules again to nerf pendulums into oblivion. Literally no other mechanic had this much negative impact
Sam forgot to mention that if you have 2 scales have a difference of 1 (example: scales 2&3), you can't pendulum summon with that combination either
that's kinda given don't ya think?
It's like saying that all numbers multiplied by 0 are 0 and then giving an example like 0×2 is 0 in the video and then commenting: "Sam forgot to mention that 0×5 is 0 as well" 🤦♂️
He did say it has to be pendulum summoned "between" the scale numbers. And thus, obviously, there is no number between 2 and 3
@@The_One_Cosmos no integer number
@@pooolish334 He went out of his way to explain that same scale pendulum monsters couldn't be used to perform a summon, so it stands to reason he could've explained that as well just for clarification. Pendulums are a concept with lots of intricacies and rule exceptions, and the example you gave is hardly analogous.
Yuya:
I’ll use stargazer magician and timegazer magician to set the pendulum scale - I’m taking control of this duel starting now
Now I’m allowed to summon as many monsters from levels 2 - 7 all at the same time - swing far pendulum, carve the arc of victory - my monsters are ready to swing into action!!!
I prefer
“Sing pendulum of the soul, carve an arc of light across the ether! Come forth my monsters!”
@@itsjustsilver8172 that just kinda sounds like a posh version, ik its probs the japanese version but sounds posh to me, to me anyway 😅
@@itsjustsilver8172 i do as well but i just know the dub version better
Well I don't really understand Japanese so I end up needing subtitles to help. That's why I only watch the dub.
Time to swing the duel my way
That was the most comprehensible guide here on TH-cam. Updated, clear, it's not rushed with a slow commentary that actually allow you to understand and some good editing. Truly a fine work!
When pendulums first came out the fact that both scales on them were the same number had me thinking eventually some were to be released that changed their scale depending on what side you put them on.
Yep me too
Honestly I think that should have been a thing from the start. Like whichever is pointing inward is the number you use. This way you could have different scales without the need for so many monsters.
Same. I feel they were on the way to getting but people hated MR3 with MR4 being universally hated for giving all of the power to one summon type which Komoney literally just finished doing.
I did feel like they would get some advanced mechanic/alt mechanic much like Contact Fusion, OLAS, Rank Up Magic or even just expanding the pool of pendulum cards like have more generic 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 0 scales.
I too thought they would get something like depending on if they're the left most scale you used that number and the right most scale you use the other number. Or unironically another Pendulum or now (another available S/T zone you can place a pendulum monster) as a way to force the opponent to spend more resources to stop your P Summon. I dunno something like a Delta Pendulum Scale. Example say you have a scale of 1 -9. Say there's an additional space and you place a 4 scale. So now you can do 1-9 OR you can do 2 and 3 OR 5, 6, 7, and 8.
That would be cool
5:15 TGS: "Pendulum monsters come in a few different flavors..."
Me: "Okay..."
TGS: "Normal and Effect..."
Me: "Sounds good so far..."
TGS: "... as well as Fusion, Synchro and XYZ Pendulums."
Me: "Oh, what fresh hell is this?!"
There is as of this moment 1 Ritual Pendulum Monster too
Minor correction on the Pendulum Xyz thing: They'll have an effect that specifies that they can be Pendulum Summoned if the scales are appropriate. Otherwise, they can't be Pendulum Summoned at all.
@Zone Heart Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon
@Zone Heart 9:40 here's an example already
I kinda wished that they revise the rules for Pendulum Summoning concerning Xyz Pendulum monsters. They should make it so that when you're able to Pendulum Summon, you can have access to both Levels and Ranks within those scales, since Xyz Pendulum monsters are impossible to bring out without needing to Xyz Summon them first, and the "If you can Pendulum Summon Level n, you can Pendulum Summon this face-up card in your Extra Deck." kinda denses up the card text... Xyz Pendulums and other Extra Deck Pendulums already have their card text filled with "If this card in the Monster Zone is destroyed: You can place it in your Pendulum Zone." and even that takes up too much space
@Zone Heart Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon
Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon - Overload
Odd Eyes Raging Dragon
Hope Magician
Dark Anthelion Dragon
I'm sure there's more
@@jclee1886Daidaratant the Ooze Giant, Odd-Eyes Rebellion Xyz Dragon , and one that can't be pendulum summoned: D/D/D Super Doom King Dark Armageddon
Yuya generating a new summoning mechanic on the spot has to be one of the biggest ass-pulls in all of Yugioh, up there with Yami Yugi assembling Exodia.
But that was literally the premise of the series
No no no! The biggest ass pull was beating PREMIER TOP WORLD YUGIOH CHAMPIONS in their universe by using FUCKING ACTION CARDS. Anyone can OTK Yuya.
The bullshit about it is u can litterally summon extra deck monsters
*Z-ARC That was never Yuya.
Still feel like if my opponent suddenly started using an unheard of summoning mechanic in the middle of a duel they're currently losing to let them summon multiple monsters at once and "swing the pendulum" back in their favor, i'm gonna stop the duel and call bs, though i suppose the argument could be made that if it wasn't something that previously existed in the rules, the duel disk would've just thrown out an error instead working
Just coming back to the game, this is exactly what I needed! Fell off shortly after synchro and got a handle on the xyz and link types, but this was always a headache. Thanks man
I like the different mechanics overall, however, Fusion and Synchro are my favorite extra deck cards. Primarily due to them adding so much material to the GY for chaos decks.
Well done as always. While Pendulums look daunting, they're really not too bad to pick up, it just takes some practice.
Also, I'll be down to see videos for each extra deck type, as having them is beneficial to those looking to learn, or get back into the game, and those that could use a quick refresher
I'm glad they didn't forgot about this summon mechanic in the Battle of Chaos. Sure I'd prefer a DDD Synchro, but I'm still glad about what I can add to my deck nonetheless
I'd like to see a D/D/D Ritual at some point so they would finally have all summoning mechanics.
@@randomprofile5853 Same here. Rokkets got one, so why not DDD.
The race for the first archetype that can feasibly do all summoning mechanics. Odd-eyes link or D/D/D ritual
@@ZEDEX252 Oh, right. Whoever wins, I will be glad
@@redwardranger7034 Hopefully in the future.
Just a little thing that's worth mentioning, since the exemples that people tend to use to describe a pendulum summon can cause some confusion: you CAN pendulum summon multiple monsters with the same level, some exemples makes it look like they need to be all different levels but that's not the case.
Wow I needed this so bad. I haven't really watched yugioh since 5ds and I was super lost with pendulum summoning. Thanks for that!
i coulda sworn ive watched this some time ago cause i already learnt how to pendulum summon cause you taught me
That's ought to be "An Idiot's Guide to Summoning" video.
@@sliferslacker118 i think it is
I've got to say I'm very glad people like you exist. I just got back into the hobby after years away from it. When I stopped playing there wasn't any such thing as Pendulum Monsters, Synchro, Link and so on. So it's a lot to re learn all at once.
Please do the D/D/D archetype. I love hearing your voice explain yugioh stuff especially when it comes to lore
Progression of what game actually was to current is just insane.
Great job, TGS. Thanks. Now that Duel Links recently brought in Pendulum Summoning, this guide definitely will come in handy. Though, I think it’s going to be tougher to use since there’s only 3 spell and trap card zones.
There's a skill that grants ya an additional Zone that is used only for placing a Pendulum monster there but ya have to have at least 15 Pendulum monsters in your main deck
Just think of it as two continous spells
I'm so glad I found your channel. My brother and I were practically OG Yu-Gi-Oh! players. We got our first cards in, like, 2002. Back in those days, no one knew what "removed from play" even meant. The first cards I got were from that Joey Wheeler collecter's tin, the one with Black Skull Dragon (I lost it a long time ago). As the years went by, I lost interest and, before I knew it, there was Synchro, and Xyz summoning, and I wanted to find out what I'd been missing all those years. Plus, I've been a fan of YGOTAS for years.
Man... I'm 31 years old, and I'm really lost on Pendulum and Links... XYZ was where it was at for me... I'm over here watching this to understand the rules of it and I'm still lost like man... it's hard to memorize them all... I guess I'll watch this over and over to understand it lol since I still collect to this day...
Yeah I used your videos as teaching tool so continue making them honest your videos have been a massive help to teaching me and my friends so thank you
Holy shit I needed this, trying to figure out how to implement them into some custom deck concepts since I heard they were fun to use
They were before links nerfed them
Still playable but the decks have to be built around them, cant just splash them into any ranfom deck
@@sdbzfan1 you couldnt splash them into any deck back then either.
@@servetugur7192 you underestimate us casuals
Thank you! This was giving me a headache in duel links 😂
Pendulum monsters can also be banished and bounced/spun to the hand/deck. Extra Deck monster (Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz) are returned faces down to the Extra Deck if bounced/spun.
Do you know what is an Overscale Pendulum and a Transcendent Pendulum?
@@SonySlasher2468 I looked it up. They're something from the Arc-V manga.
@@epicponedge1177 So you don't know what they are?
@@SonySlasher2468 Overscale lets you Pend Summon a monster whose scales are higher than the monsters level and Transcendent lets you Pend Summon a monster whose scales are higher than the monsters level. Overscale is used for Odd-Eyes Phantasma Dragon and Transcendent for D/D/D/D Super-Dimensional Sovereign Emperor Zero Paradox.
@@SonySlasher2468 they are manga exclusive things. overscale pendulum is when you pendulum summon a monster regardless of your scales (only manga version of odd eyes phantasma dragon can be overscale pendulum summoned) and i cant explain transcendent pendulum because its too fuckin complicated. search transcendent if you want to.
"Did you just summon bunch of mosnters in one turn?"
"Yeah so?"
"That's against the rules isn't it?"
"Actually no it's called Pendulum summon"
"The what?"
Who thought this was a good idea? 🤣 makes pot of greed look like a Saint compared to all this extra unlimited summoning
Ohdo Yuga: That's a great idea. Lets make it so that players can normal summon as much as they want.
Dude this video is amazing! Thanks for explaining it they way you did. I am a old-school yugioh player trying to understand all this new stuff and this helped out a ton!
5:37 will you be able to fusion summon it after going back face up to the extra deck or it can only be pendulum summoned
No, ya cannot attempt to fusion summon a Fusion Pendulum monster if it was sent to Extra Deck Face-Up, ya have to either pendulum summon it (if the monster in question allows it that is) or cheat it out from there using an effect that special summons an Extra Deck monster such as Waking The Dragon for example
after it's summoned and get's destroyed you can pendulum summon it back without having to fusion again.
Years ago I thought I could just run away from pendulums and links, and anything after xyz. But here I am, it all came back to you
I wish there was a Continuous Spell that lifted the Master Rule 4 restriction on Pendulum Summoning from the Extra Deck. I think it’s a fair trade, you only get 2 free S/T Zones, but you increase your Pendulum Summoning capabilities.
In Duel Links, this is actually a character Skill for anyone in Arc-V basically
… granted this passive skill does have a few snags so read carefully, and some skills unique to them don’t always allow MR3 style Pendulums
@@kitelanford
Is there? I was aware of the Skills that add Pendulum Zones, but I don’t know of any that allow for unlimited Pendulum Summoning from the Extra Deck. Never managed to summon more that 1 monster from face-up in the Extra Deck in a single Pendulum Summon.
@@jasperjavillo686 Oh yea that's diffrent, still have to have enough room in Main monster Zone, but yea have to be careful with passives and deck building so...
Thank you so much for explaining this as simple as possible despite it still being a very convoluted summoning system. Its easy enough to learn its just the extensive related mechanics begin to start causing a headache.
Fun fact you may not know, but cards with Macro Cosmos like effects *do* affect Pendulum Monsters and will be banished instead of going to the Extra Deck face up
Found this out the other day by playing Dark Law against a pend deck only to see all the monster used for a link summon be banished instead of going to the extra deck
Sheeesh, between pendulum, Synchro, XYZ and link summoning this stuff is getting a little crazy lol I missed the simplicity of the original Yu-Gi-Oh
I really really want those pendulum cards, id love to make a start on a supreme king zarc deck 😄
That would be hard because one of the cards that facilities his summoning is banned
It is actually pretty easy
@@6210classick theres chronograph sorcerer instead of astrograph sorcerer
@@Etzman05 yeah but i dont crap out money nor do i have a proper store in my area
As a new yugioh player this series helped so much , especially this video as I’m only on 5ds in the anime so far
Can you do a performapal or deskbot archetype.
I love your videos
You did this for Duel link. Thanks you
Would be interesting to see a Ritual pendulum and a Link pemdulum in the future.
Ritual is possible but link will be hard because of no level
@@akmalfakhruddin7285 They could get away with it the same way that they made XYZ Pendulums.
pendulum cards to new players: be not afraid
PEND BEST DECK BABY LETS GOOOO!!, “Yo! I got banned from events, and here's how it went down. I did nothing wrong, man! I did nothing wrong whatsoever! I got banned! I didn't even KNOW I got banned!”
Pendulum Rotuals: Am I a Joke too You!
yeah, this is why i stopped playing after XYZ era, the new mechanics with Pendulum and Link monsters just stray too far from what yugioh originally was IMO. And it hurts my brain trying to remember all the newer mechanics. But to each there own! :)
Thnx for this TGS Anime, I wondering about pendulum monsters and the extra deck. You explained everything very clearly and I finally understand the mechanics of pendulum summoning!
Pendulum monsters(PM) have their own mechanics, in TCG following master rule these are: 1) can't go FROM FIELD to GY, instead they're placed face-up in the extra deck, 2) can be used as spell cards (they aren't treated as any spell card type) by placing them in an specific zone (just like fields spells) to the most left or right spell/trap zones, that zone becomes a pendulum zone when occupied by a PM used as a spell, also they can't be set as spell cards, 3) can used exactly as monster of it's CARD TYPE would. 4) PM are cards used to perform a special summon mecanic (like polymerization, or ritual spell cards, etc) that summon is called PENDULUM SUMMON (this summon can be performed once per turn), in order to do it, you must control 2 PMs used as spells in your pendulum zones, 5) PS allow you to special summon monsters(that can be special summoned) from your hand or PMs face-up in your extra deck(they can only be summoned to a monster zone that is treated as an extra monster zone that you are allowed to use) as you want, whose levels are an integer number between the SCALE NUMBERS(see number "7)") of the PMs used to perform the PS. 6) PMs have 2 text boxes, the first one is applied when they are treated as spells, the second is their monster effect or flavor text and it is applied whenever they are used as monsters, 7) they have a number next to diamond shape, that is called a scale number. BETWEEN means whichever the margins or borders are, they're excluded from the available options. These sums all, for eveything else use logic and/or apply the appropiate rules.
wow this video made me realize how much I miss old Yu Gi Oh
You can still play yugioh without pendulums tho
Pendulums are one of my favorite mechanics in recent yugioh. with Synchro and Xyz being in second place. its just fun to use.
Seeing unsleeved cards hurts my soul... :o
The invention of pendulum, as a mechanic in the anime, is exactly like that obnoxious kid no one wants to play with because they invent new powers so they can't lose. It just feels exactly like that.
"Nyeeeh~ you can't win because I am invulnerable to fire!"
-But... you were invulnerable to ice five minutes ago...
"But now I am to fire, nyeeeh~ I win!"
This guide is extremely helpful. Thank you! I will be showing this to anyone at my locals scared to play them 🔥
Swing Pendulum of my soul, draw an arc of light across the aether, Pedulum Summon! come forth my monster servants!.
Came back to the game after about 10 years and found this super helpful. Ty 👌
Man, I miss the days when you could summon more than 1 of them from the extra deck without link monsters😤🙁😓
I feel like I have to come back to this video every week to remember how things work but I also feel that I’m ever so slowly learning how to play properly XD thanks so much for the video
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Thank you! Trying to get back to Yugioh with your videos. ❤
1 Comes back to duel links after 3 years 2 sees pendulum summon
3 is very confused then is recommended this video
Thank you for the vid!
thank you so much! I really appreciate the simple and easy to understand intro! just trying to get back into this game 🙏🏼
I started playing Master Duel last summer and completely avoided pendulum monsters because I didn't understand them. Recently put together a Predap deck and it's fun, but I didn't really understand what the scales did until I watched this, so thanks lol
This such a well made guide!! I've been looking it up multiple time ever since the new master rule was implemented to understand what's different now from the Anime show
Update regarding pendulum monsters in the extra deck and extra monster zones: as of Master Rule 5, this no longer applies. You can summon Fusion, Synchro, Xyz and Pendulum monsters from your extra deck to any monster zone again, PLUS the extra monster zones. The restriction only applies to link monsters now, and the extra monster zones only now exist to facilitate link monsters. Do note that if you summon anything to an extra monster zone, you cannot summon to the other extra monster zone unless you have a chain of link monsters that point to that zone.
Honestly, I kinda wish that they kept that restriction _specifically_ for pendulum monsters. The thing with pendulum monsters is that they can basically just come back every turn as long as the pendulum scale is intact. Forcing them to rely on links heavily restricts the amount of monsters that can be brought back each turn.
Can you link a source? I’m not finding any rule Change
Omg this is so crazy now. Im kinda getting into Yu-gi-oh again after not playing for a bout 10 years and there is so much crazy shit you can do now lol.
Pendulum summoning monsters must've been revolutionary and frustrating when it came out
I may alreafy know how the mechanic works, but this vid was a fun watch regardless, good job!
Wow THANK YOU! I know nothing about Yu-Gi-Oh and atarted Mester Duel and this is SO helpful!
You saved me. I've been playing duel links and while having no problems with other summons like Synchro or Numbers thanks to watching the anime, Pendulum summoning destroyed my pea brain lol
Oh my god you made an updated video! New players like myself needed this so bad!!
Note: if a card such as Dimensional Fissure or Macro Cosmos is in effect, they overwrite the built in pendulum monster effect of being sent to the extra deck. This makes them especially vulnerable to graveyard hate. Dimensional Shifter, Kyubi Shenshen, and Masked HERO Dark Law are all capable of doing the same. Pendulum Monsters are sent to the GY as monsters, hence why Dimensional Fissure still works, even when the card was sent to the GY from the pendulum zone.
Ok this just made me interested in learning pendulum mechanics. Since coming back to YGO from Gx era, I couldn't find a deck that I am interested in. That is until now.
Gotta love to see Triff Summon
PEND BEST DECK LET'S GOOOO
Pendulum summoning is a very useful ability deserves recognition maybe exceed something should give second look and studied more on
I like your funny words magic man
For a while I was confused about pendulums being used as overlay units for Xyz's monsters. For a long time I thought that being attached to a Xyz monster counted as being on the field thus going to the extra deck when detached. Now I know all the conditions for pendulums going to the GY.
discarded from hand.
detached from an Xyz monster.
summon negated.
sent to the GY from deck.
This is a much better explanation than my friend gave thank you dude
As someone just coming back into the game this was very helpful. A video on some of the other mechanics would be great since when I left fusions and rituals where pretty much the only ones. 😂
3:15~3:27 & 9:13~9:18 I commented on this before, but no, scales do *not* apply to Ranks. The reason you can Pendulum Summon Xyz Monsters is because of their Pendulum Summoning conditions. Xyz Monsters can theoretically have a Pendulum Summoning condition for a completely different Level than its Rank, and an Xyz Monster without a Pendulum Summoning condition cannot be Pendulum Summoned at all, hence why they have said conditions in the first place. Additionally, if, theoretically, Konami decided to create Link Pendulum Monsters, those would also have Pendulum Summoning conditions because they wouldn't be able to use their Link Rankings for Pendulum Summoning.
Thank you. I hate pendulums, and im still not sure if i like them or not, but the mechanics are interesting i will admit. I recently started playing pendulums in master duel to farm for a deck i truly want to play and i thought i could learn the mechanics by just playing and there were some situations i just absolutely did not know why i could not do something i was sure i could do. This video cleared up all of that. Thanks for the video.
Perfect just what I need... for a friend ; )
I've seen few of your contents and they are so entertaining. today I decided to hit the subscribe button. You've earned another subscriber. Keep up the great contents
It would be great to have a video like this for XYZ summons and Link summons. I know the basics for xyz and pendulum but I have no understanding of Links.
As far as I’m concerned my last Yugioh series was 5Ds, the last cards I bought were also a few synchros. I haven’t gotten any of the new xyz, pendulum, or link monsters.
I really want to get back into collecting them but it’ll cost a fortune.
Thanks for the video, answers so many questions/issues I had!
I got top Plat in Master Duels without barely any knowledge on Pendulum monsters. I had to read every one sadly but after running a Lunalight deck that had the 2 easiest pendulum monsters, here I am watching to this video to make a full pendulum deck.
This is so convenient ! I woke up today wanting to play pendulum magicians but I had to learn pendulum summoning first 😅
just a piece of advice : just knowing how the pendulum mechanic works won't help ya with playing Pendulum Magician as it is a heavily combo oriented deck
great video just got into Master Duel loving it!!
Helps me understand them abit better, I haven't played since GX so I was very confused as to what they did
0:09 I don't know if this has been mentioned before that this two tone color thing at Pendulum cards seem to reflect at Yuya's hair too.
Well this was a nice explaination, gonna try some pendulum decks now
You forgot the main tip... If a macro is on the field pendulums or banished instead of going to the extra deck
Me reaching Arc-V in DL.
"Goodness gracious!! What is this history of mankind!!"
Me trying to pendulum summon for the first time.
"Wha-?! Why?!. Oh great, just ff"
Thankfully I found this video... after DL teached me by force the mechanic.
Anyway, I appreciate the explanation. It cleared pretty much all doubts I had.
And I'm glad I found a pendulum deck that I like for use. BTW, are you planning on doing a video about the SolFachord (or DoReMichord, as I've seen it listed in some places) archetype video?
Cheers from an unknown country ✌
6:07 not exactly.
This is only because the pendulum zones and spell/trap zones have been merged. When you place a spell/trap in there they aren't used as pendulum zones but s/t zones instead. If we move back to master rule 3, you definitely couldn't place spells and traps in the pendulum zones.
Thank you so much for this. For the longest time I've avoided Pendulum monsters cuz I just could not bring myself to learn them.
It's not as hard as it seems plus it's a fun mechanic.
3:45
“Pendulums are immortal!”
-Zarc
Can you redo the link summon stuff? I think I understand but just encase something new was added as that video was from 2017. Trying to get caught up with it, as I want to get back into it.
subscribed, this was the only way to UNDERSTAND
At first I thought this was so confusing but after the video I wanted to brag about this information and create some new decks
Thx for explaining. I am a returning TCG player. I missed out durring pendulums. Duel Links is a bit different.
A simple but effective guide, great video!